[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 18 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H683]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate having proceeded to reconsider the bill (H.R. 
2631) ``An Act disapproving the cancellations transmitted by the 
President on October 6, 1997, regarding Public Law 105-45.'', returned 
by the President of the United States with his objections, to the 
House, in which it originated, and passed by the House on 
reconsideration of the same, it was resolved, that the said bill pass, 
two-thirds of the Senators having voted in the affirmative.
  The message also announced that the Senate disagrees to the amendment 
of the House to the bill (S. 1150) ``An Act to ensure that federally 
funded agricultural research, extension, and education address high-
priority concerns with national or multistate significance, to reform, 
extend, and eliminate certain agricultural research programs, and for 
other purposes,'' agrees to a conference asked by the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. Lugar, 
Mr. Cochran, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Leahy, to be the 
conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 105-83, the 
Chair announces on behalf of the Majority Leader, his appointment of 
the following Senators to serve as members of the National Council on 
the Arts--the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), and the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins).
  The message also announced that pursuant to Public Law 105-134, the 
Chair announces on behalf of the Majority Leader, his appointment of 
the following individuals to serve as members of the Amtrak Reform 
Council--Gilbert E. Carmichael, of Mississippi, Joseph Vranich, of 
Pennsylvania, and Paul M. Weyrich, of Virginia.

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